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    A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. It reads packet headers to determine a packet's destination, and uses its routing table to direct the packet to the next network on its journey. More sophisticated routers connect large business networks to the Internet backbone and exchange routing information using routing protocols to build routing tables. A router's software operates in two planes - the control plane maintains routing tables and builds the forwarding information base, while the forwarding plane uses the FIB to direct packets out the appropriate interface.

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    A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. It reads packet headers to determine a packet's destination, and uses its routing table to direct the packet to the next network on its journey. More sophisticated routers connect large business networks to the Internet backbone and exchange routing information using routing protocols to build routing tables. A router's software operates in two planes - the control plane maintains routing tables and builds the forwarding information base, while the forwarding plane uses the FIB to direct packets out the appropriate interface.

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    A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. It reads packet headers to determine a packet's destination, and uses its routing table to direct the packet to the next network on its journey. More sophisticated routers connect large business networks to the Internet backbone and exchange routing information using routing protocols to build routing tables. A router's software operates in two planes - the control plane maintains routing tables and builds the forwarding information base, while the forwarding plane uses the FIB to direct packets out the appropriate interface.

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    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    This article is about the network device. For the woodworking tool, see Router
    (woodworking).

    Rack containing a service-provider–class router


    connected to multiple networks
    A router[a] is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer
    networks.[2][3] Routers perform the traffic directing functions between networks and on the
    global Internet. Data sent through a network, such as a web page or email, is in the
    form of data packets. A packet is typically forwarded from one router to another router
    through the networks that constitute an internetwork (e.g. the Internet) until it reaches its
    destination node.[4]
    A router is connected to two or more data lines from different IP networks.[b] When a
    data packet comes in on one of the lines, the router reads the network
    address information in the packet header to determine the ultimate destination. Then,
    using information in its routing table or routing policy, it directs the packet to the next
    network on its journey.
    The most familiar type of IP routers are home and small office routers that simply
    forward IP packets between the home computers and the Internet. More sophisticated
    routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the
    powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of
    the Internet backbone.

    A carrier class router with 10G/40G/100G interfaces and


    redundant processor/power/fan modules
    Routers can be built from standard computer parts but are mostly specialized purpose-
    built computers. Early routers used software-based forwarding, running on a CPU. More
    sophisticated devices use application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to increase
    performance or add advanced filtering and firewall functionality.
    Operation[edit]
    When multiple routers are used in interconnected networks, the routers can exchange
    information about destination addresses using a routing protocol. Each router builds up
    a routing table, a list of routes, between two computer systems on the interconnected
    networks.[5]
    The software that runs the router is composed of two functional processing units that
    operate simultaneously, called planes:[6]

     Control plane: A router maintains a routing table that lists which route should be
    used to forward a data packet, and through which physical interface connection. It
    does this using internal pre-configured directives, called static routes, or by learning
    routes dynamically using a routing protocol. Static and dynamic routes are stored in
    the routing table. The control-plane logic then strips non-essential directives from
    the table and builds a forwarding information base (FIB) to be used by the
    forwarding plane.
     Forwarding plane: This unit forwards the data packets between incoming and
    outgoing interface connections. It reads the header of each packet as it comes in,
    matches the destination to entries in the FIB supplied by the control plane, and
    directs the packet to the outgoing network specified in the FIB.
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